Valve Cover Gasket replacement

[tomgtv77]

Well my indie shop told me a year ago that the motor was leaking
oil. Since it doesn't take over 1 qt per 10,000 miles I wasn't too
worried. I change about 12,000/15,000 with filter with Mobil 1, 15w50
full synthentic. I live in South FL and tow a pair of Jetski's once
in a while.

So the other day the oil starting dripping on the exhaust manifold
causing smoke.........so maybe we ought to do something about it!

Now I've spent $15,000 on repairs on this machine so I'm aiming
for a record mileage.....say 300,000 at least.

Bought the gasket set from BMW for $44, plus another $35 for 15
grommets (there's 15 bolts). The gasket set includes 6 round
rubber rings for the spark plugs.

Took about 4 hours, pretty easy, I was going slow. Just a 10mm
wrench and away you go. The old gasket was as brittle as hard
plastic. It came out of the valve cover housing in chunks. I had to
take a screwdriver and pop the spark plugs ones with a hammer to
break them free from housing.

Sprayed everything with gel Gunk and they cleaned up nicely.

Put it back together and I'm ready for another 187,000 miles before
another gasket.......probably would do one at 100,000.